Appliance for grilling, toasting, and the like



Aug. 4, 19311 F. ADAMl APPLIANCE FOR GRILLIVNG, TOASTING, AND THE LIKE 2 Snets-sneet 1 Filed Jan. 26, 1929 is heated from two sides,

. any pair Patented Aug. 4, 1931 Tras UNITED STA FELIX ADAMI, OF RICHMOND, ENGLAND APPLIANCE FOR GRILLING,

Application led January 26, 1929, Serial No.

This invention relates to cooking appli prices applicable for grilling, toasting or the According to the invention electric means are employed by which the food to be cooked that is to say, from t-he surface upon which the food is supported and from a position above by radiant heat.

According to the invention the appliance comprises an upper hot plate fitted with electric heating elements Iand adapted for the radiation of heat also in the downward direction, together with a grid or pan also provided with electric heating elements and disposed below the hot Iplate, the grid or pan and the hot plate being relatively adjustable inposition for regulation of the distance between them.

According to the invention, moreover, the appliance may comprise a number of hot plates or grids or pans arranged in superposition and so provided that the upper of of such hot plates or the like may be to radiate heat downwardly towards the next lower hot plate or the like;

The appliance is further advantageously provided with switches for the separate control of the heating elements of the hot'plate andJ the grid or pan in such manner that either or both may be put in operation.

The invention comprises the features hereinafter described. l

The invention is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying diagrammatic drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation ofthe griller provided according to the invention.

Fi re 2 is a side elevation corresponding to Figure 1, with'the an or grid removed.

Figure 3 is an un erside plan ofthe top plate of the griller.

Figure 4 is a perspective view o thev pan or grid provided according to the invent-ion.

Figure 5 is an elevation partly in section of the pan or grid.

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-'6 of Figure 4.

In carrying the invention into effect according to one construction and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in the proadapted TOASTING, AND THE LIKE 335,263, and in Great Britain May 8, 1928.

vision of a so-called electric vgriller I provide a casing a of rectilinear form conveniently supported upon a base b. The casing a may be completely enclosed except at a position in front where the pan or grid 0 may be introduced into position within the casing a, prepared for itsv reception as, for example, by the provisions of ledges or guide-ways d in oppositely disposed positions in the side walls a1 of the casing a at a distance a little above the bottom thereof." ,A series of pairs of such ledges or guide-ways l may be provided so that the pan or grid may be introduced at a number of alternative positions at varying distances beneath the top of the caslnfr a.

lhe pan or grid o may be provided with a recessed surface c1, the recesses being adapted for guiding liquid toflowto one end of the pan or plate where another recess or groove or grooves c2 may extend adapted for the collection and retention of the liquid and from which it may be adapted to fiow on the pan or grid c being slightl tilted. Un the underside of the pan or gri c an electric resistance element c? is mounted so as to extend in Zigzag or otherwise so that heat may be uniformly distributed on theunderside of the pan or grid c, and the electric resistance element is suitably insulated and covered with a cover plate c4 beneath the pan or grid so that the resistance element c3 maybe completely and tightly enclos d, and the leads may. be passed out in a central outwardly extending position through an insulating handle c5, and

the flex e may be provided with a plug iitting e1 so that the plug may be inserted into a conveniently disposed socket e2 mounted in an electric circuit from which current may be supplied.

In a position immediately beneath the top plate a3 of the casing a a metal plate f 1s mounted and in position between the top and the plate anv electric resistance element gus mounted to extend in zigzag or otherwise over the area of the plate f in a manner sirn-` ilar to the pan or grid c. The top plate a3 may beV recessed on its underside so as thus to beadapted for the reception of the 'resistance element g and plate f, and the leads may pass through an insulatingfitting to a switch k provided on the outside ofthe casing, and a plug iitting z' may be provided by which the current may be passed to the switch la., and through the resistance element g for the purpose of heating the plate f. The plate f may be formed as a massive plate provided with recesses f1 and may serve to accumulate heat and thus to radiate heat downwardly onto the ood that is supported upon the pan or grid c disposed beneath it. By such means the food to be cooked is heated from beneath 'as well as from above.

Instead of the plate referred to being carried on the underside of the top of the casing it may be provided separately and may be adapted to be set into a number of positions at varying and determined distance above the pany or grid. It is however preferred to tixedly mount the plate in position beneath the top of the casing. Or again, the plate may be provided so as to be pivoted at the rear and so as to be adapted to have its inclination slightl varied to bring the plate towards or away rom the pan or grid or the like part of the heater, and the top of the casing for this purpose may be adapted to move relatively to the lateral walls or the top plate may be provided at its sides with downward extensions adapted to serve as lateral walls; while instead of or in addition the lower part or base ofthe casing may be similarly provided with upward extending lateral walls closely adjacent to the lateral walls of the upper part or top plate when such are pro vided.

Or again, instead of providing a part ot' the cooking appliance as a pan or grid having a plate mounted above adapted to radiate heat on. to the food that is cooked on the pan or `grid the respective parts may be of substantially similar form, that is to say, two grids or other electric cooking appliance may be provided that is adapted for use with either grid in the uppermost position, and means may be provided by which the respective grids may be Connected together at the rear or by which they may be respectively mounted in a casing, stand or support, and either or both grids may be adapted to be used at either side,.that

` is to say, that may be either or both reversible.

Or again, the respective parts of which the heater or stove is formed may be provided or mounted in Xed relation or only one of them, while the other may be adapted to be separated from the other or from the casing or from the stand by which they are respectively supported in use. Or again, a number of such grids or the like adapted to be heated by an electric resistance wire may be mounted within the same casing, so that thus different foods or dishes may be simultaneously cooked, it being understood that the parts may be provided whereby anunder part of one grid may serve for the radiation of heat in position beneath.

The invention does not involve any limitation to the position of the pans or grids or heat radiating plates to be used. They may. for example be disposed vertically or at an inclination. Or again, they may be provided substantially horizontally and substantially ver-tically so that heat may be imparted from more than two sides on to the food or goods to be cooked or heated.

Again, the casings used f or the reception of the pans, grids or heat radiating plates may be provided in front with a door or 'cover plate so as to be completely enclosed, and the cover p late or door may itself be provided with an electric resistance element, andthe rear wall of the casing may be similarly lprovided. Thus provision may be made for the radiation of heat from any opposite sides of the casing or from all sides.

It will be understood that means may be provided by which one or more of the plates within the casing or stand may be heated and for the purpose a switch may be provided to control the heating ot such parts of the stove as are. immovable. while the means may be provided by which the whole current required for one heater or stove may be supplied from one set of leads.

I claim:

1. Appliances for grilling, toasting and the like operated electrically Vand comprising a supporting frame, an electrically heated hotplate carried by the said frame and an electrically heated grid-like pan adjlistable upon the said frame relatively to the said hot plate and adapted for the direct support of food which is subjected to grilling, toasting v or the like from above and below.

2. Appliances for grilling, toasting and the like operated electrically and comprising a supporting frame closed in on three sides to form an enclosure, an electrically heated hot plate forming the upper side of the said enclosure and an,electrically heated grid-like pan adjustable within said enclosure relatively to the said hot plate and adapted for the direct support of the food to be grilled, toasted or the like from above and below.

3. Appliances for grilling, toasting and the like operated electrically and comprising a supporting frame coveredy in at the sides to orm an enclosure, an electrically heated hot plate forming the upper side of the said cnclosure and an electrically heated grid-like pan-for the support of food adjustable upon said frame withinsaid enclosure relatively to said hot plate, the said pan being formed with recesses leading to a collecting recess or groove whereby liquid from the food may be collected. f

4. Appliances for grilling, toasting and the like, operated electrically and comprising a supporting frame forming an enclosure, an

electrically heated hot plate carried by the v said frame and formin the upper part of -the enclosure, and a p ura EJO the like, operated lit of grid-like pans adjustable in position wi said frame relatively to said hot plate and relatively to vone another and adapted for the direct sup port of food to be subjected to grilling, toasting or the like from above and below.

5. Appliances for grilling, toasting and the like, operated electrically and comprising a supporting frame forming an electricall frame am?7 forming the closure, an electricall heated grid-like pan adjustable upon said rame relatively to said hot plate and adapted. for the direct support of` food and additional electrically heated plates movably disposed within said enclosure laterally in respect ofthe grid-like pan whereby the food is subjected uniformly to grilling, toasting or the like.

6. Appliances for grilling, toasting and electrically and comprising a supportinglframe forming an enclosure, an electrically cated hot late carried by said frame and serving as t e upper art of said enclosure, an electricall heate gridlike pan 'for the support of ood adjustable upon said frame relatively to said hot plate and a door to said enclosure, said door being electrically heated.

the like, operated electr-ica an'electrically heated hot 7. Appliances for grilling,

l y and comprising a supporting frame forming an enclosure, said ame and serving as the upper part of theI id enclosure, the said hot plate being provided as a massive plate having recesses in the lower face thereof and an electrically heated d-like pan for the sup rt of food adj usta le upon said frame relatively to said y Fenix ADAMI.

enclosure, an heated hot plate carried by saidv upper part of the entoasting andl plate carried by the' 

